Quotes about "Mindfulness & Presence"

Becoming an actor let me escape the me that I had in my heart, which was I'm a loser. ”

I think I became an actress because I didn't know who I was, and I certainly didn't like the person I saw when I looked in the mirror. ”

The great thing about acting is you don't have to worry about yourself at all. I tend to just get out of the way of me and let something come through. ”

When I wake up in the morning, I like to express my gratitude for being on the planet. That gratefulness makes me very present. ”

In a way, bullying is an ordinary evil. It's hugely prevalent, all too often ignored - and being ignored, it is therefore condoned. ”

As a late teenager, I had some puppy fat on me, and I noticed that I could put on weight. I have always been very disciplined because my mother was very beautiful, a very pretty woman, but she was immobilised by obesity. At her biggest, she was about 17 stone. And she was always on some sort of fad diet. ”

Yoga is immediately rewarding, whatever your level, because it's not about being able to attain the perfect lotus position. Each day, there is an improvement on the day before. It's not competitive; it's not a race. With yoga, the journey is the destination. ”

I get a lot of mud slung at me, and yes, I do take planes, but I feel that's my life. My life is to travel and also to speak out about the horrors of an environment that is being abused at the hands of an irresponsible oil company. ”

My life is to travel, and my life is also to speak out about the horrors of an environment that is being abused at the hands of oil companies. ”

We women, we're always being invited to change our hairstyle, change our clothes, change our wardrobes. It's also important for us to remember as we age to keep changing the way we think of the world. I'm not saying to be flaky at all; but rather than being rigid about something, stay open and available. ”